Loose leaf binder



Jan, 19, 1932. c. s. HUTSON LOOSE LEAF BINDER Filed Aug. 27, 1928 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Jan. 19, 1932 it ts Lei GI-LEARLES S. HUTSON, OF LGS ANGELES CALIFORNIA LOOSE LEAF BINDER application filed August 27, 1928. 7 Serial No. 302,323

This invention relates to and hasfor a main object the provision of an improved type of loose leaf binder of simplifiedform and structure, particularly arranged to hold checks, vouchers, sales slips, and, the like,

" loosely in the binder in such a manner that r the leaves are permanently retained in the binder and cannot be removed therefrom except by tearingthem. Another ob'e'ctis to provide a binder having front and back portions with an intermediate binding edge flexibly connected together by binding strips of paper, tape or fabric and including a pair'or more of metal archespermanently attached at their ends to one of thecoversor to the intermediate bindmg edge, as may be desired.

Another obyect s to provide carrying arches forthefleaves or pages in the binder p which are incapable of being opened for the purpose of attaching the sheets or leaves or for removing the'same from the binder. I 7 Other and more detailed objects of inven tion may appear as the description progresses.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a preferred form of the device, subject to modifications within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention. In said draw-. ings,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a binder with the covers open, showing one of the binding arches attached to the binding edge intermediate thecovers.

F ig. 2 isa similar view of a binder showing.

the binding arch attached to 'the'back of the cover. V

Fig. 3is a longitudinal section of a binder on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same on line ll of Fig. 3. v Fig. 5 is a side view of the binder shown in 1 with the binding arches attached to the intermediate binding edge and with the front and back cover closed.

Fig. 6 is a view of a binder such as is shown in Fig. 2, with the front cover closed position.

Fig. Sis a fragmentary section on line 8-8 ofFig. 3. Y r Fig. 9 is a fragmentary View of a leg of one of the binding arches. i

As shown in its preferred" form, my im-' proved binder includes apairof spaced covers. Aiand A with an intermediate binding portion (1 adapted to be flexibly and hingedly. connected together by means of". binding strips E and E which overlie the adjacent edges of and are;adhesivelyattached to the portionsfA, A and a. The binding strip E is attached to the upper sides of the members A andlA and hasfedge portions 6, e I which overlie said members. The binding strip E is attached to the'bottoms of said members and also has end portions e which are bent upwardly over the lateral edges and the upper surfaces of the members A,A' and a. In connecting the members A, A and a together by means of the binding. strips E and E, sufiicient surplus material is provided at the joints between said members to insure ample flexibility.

I provide a pair or more of binding arches. B which are of channeled cross section and are bent into U form with'the channel outermost. Said arches have tongues 6 formed as extensions to the bottoms of the channel of the legs, which are adaptedto be extended through apertures (Z in metal plates .1) which overlie the cover, as shown in Fig. 3. The

tongues 12 also extendthrough the cover and are adapted .to be" bent at right angles underneath the cover, as shown'in Fig. 3. i

' Intermediate the legs of the arches B and the tongues 19, shoulders I) are formed which are ada'ptedto rest upon the plates 1). Thus when the tongues b are bent, as shown in Fig.

3, under the cover, the arches B will be firmly held inposition on the binder.

Preferably, tho 'notnecessarily, the binding strips E5 may cover and obscure the tongues b.

As shown particularly in Figs. 3, 5, 6 and 7, a plurality ofloose leaves or sheets, as at C, are permanently-held in the binder and On the arches B l. Said sheets are provided with 1 the usual perforations C through which one of the legs of each of the arches B is inserted before the arches are permanently attached to the binder.

In many cases it is preferable to attach the arches to the intermediate binding edge a so that the permanently held sheets C will rest flatwise upon the back A, while the binding edge a will be vertically disposed, as shown in Fig. 5, and the front cover A will overlie the sheets G, as shown in Fig. 5.

In this form of device, when the binder is open, the covers A and A and the intermediate binding edge may be disposed on a table flatwise, as shown in Fig. 1, or if more convenient, the member A may be folded back under the member 0, and A so that the binder will occupy less space. In other cases it may be desirable to attach the arches B to the back cover A. In such event, when the binder is open the members A, A and will be disposed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or as shown in Fig. 6 the portions (6 and A may be folded back under the member A. In either case my improved binder lends itself to greater convenience than other types now in use.

Such a device is advantageous for keeping permanent check records, vouchers, sales, etc. For instance, when the sheets C are consecutively numbered a single sheet may not be removed from the binder without tearing the sheet at the holes C. The absence of a particular sheet can thus be quickly noted by the omission of its serial number or other designating mark in the series.

In the case of checks the stubs are permanently retained on the arches in the order of their number.

In all such devices the apertures C in the loose leaves are usually round, and accordingly I to m the arches B of channeled cross section with the convex surfaces innermost so that the leaves will not be torn when they are moved on the arches.

It will be obvious that, as in the case of other binders, when the covers are disposed, as shown in Figs. 1 and :2, certain of the sheets may be moved to the left and laid flatwise on the member A for rendering certain other of the sheets visible. The arches are suiticiently smaller in cross section than the aperture C so that the sheets may be readily moved in a circular path over the arches.

What I claim is:

1. A loose leaf binder comprising a cover having front, back and intermediate portions hingedly connected together, a plurality of U-shaped arches of channeled cross section transversely spaced apart on a portion of said cover and having tongues formed as continuations of the bottoms of the chan nels, the sides of the channels on the two legs of the arches terminating at corresponding points and providing shoulders, a metal plate adjacent a side of said cover and having aper tures for receiving said tongues, said tongues being extended thru said plate and said cover and bent at right angles over the opposite side of said cover for permanently attaching the arches to the cover.

2. A loose leaf binder comprising a cover having front, back and intermediate portions hingedly connected together, a plurality of U-shaped arches of channeled cross section transversely spaced apart on a portion of said cover and having tongues formed as cont-inuations of the bottoms of the channels, the sides of the channels on the two legs of the arches terminating at corresponding points and providing shoulders, a metal plate adjacent a side of said cover and having apertures for receiving said tongues, said tongues being extended thru aid plate and said cover and bent at right angles over the opposite do of said cover for permanently attaching the arches to the cover, and a strip of fabric adhesively applied t and extending over said front, back and intermediate portions for hingedly connecting said portions and als overlying the bent ends of said tongues.

3; A loose leaf binder comprising a front, back and intermediate portion hingedly connected together, a pair of U-shaped metal arches of channeled cross section arranged with the channels outermost, the sides of the channels terminating at corresponding points on the legs of the arches and providing shoulders, and tongues formed as continuations of the bottoms of the channel and substantially extended from said shoulders, a metal plate on a portion of said cover having apertures for receiving said tongues, said tongues being extended thru said plate and thru the said cover and thence bent inwardly into close contact with the opposite side of the cover for holding the shoulders of said arches in firm engagement with said metal plate for irremovably supporting the arches on the cover.

CHARLES S. HUTSON. 

